Adjustable booth unit



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' vail in Patented Nov. 9, 1926 ALFRED/.1 were or Re s Y M NNESW ADJUSTABLE p i et e fi ed. y

My invention relates to collapsible booth units here it is desired to provide a booth which is made up in a finished form with froiit,'baelg and side alls, so as to provide a private booth which can be set up about a barber chair et a hominal cost; The booth units are of a simple construction andare adjustable so that a seriescan be connect ed together to make up as many boothsabout t efd fiere t arb r, the as y e 1 sired f'This provides an i idividual private booth foreach barber chair hich'isa very desirable arrangement 'in "ba-rber shamroday, "oufi ng to the customs Whiehneyv'prer ti n to h obbies 6 l d hai I a t is a feature of the invention to provide afc ollap'sible'booth which can be folded into a very $1112.11 compact state arid readily shipped or stored ajvay. Each portion of mybooth is of a'uniform nature so that the parts are interchangeable for similar parts and can be adjusted so' as to vary thesize ofthe'ibooth without changing the general construction of the samej It is an, important feature of the inventioi'i to provide a booth which is of such a nature, 'oth'er usimilar booths can be added from time to time adjacent the booth alreadyset up about a barber chair because thi's fperm'its'the barber to arrange to have one orinore' of these booths andto take the same down at any time ithout affecting the eneral arrangement offhis barber shop. The'bopths may also be adjusted to the particular arr'angement of-the' particular barber shop." I his construction allows the barber tense the four partsnialsirrg up'the'individual bootli or, if desired; only threeof the partsarenecessary'to make up' a private booth torTeach barber chair." In this instancith'e back'iiiem'ber would be discard} ed' and the booths would be positioned directly around the chairivviththe sicle'sof the boothsextending up'to and adjacent the mirror -which oldi'narily extends" alongtl'i'e, Wall of thebarber shop.

' My'booths are equally adaptable to. beauty and hairdressing parlors, are most desirable because of the fact that they can be added to or changed as to size when desired. The. compact -manner in Which the booths can be collapsed forms an important teature of myv invention because it permits 1 em fete iqtfl l 'fiet T t mell- Pe k.-

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A 'feeture'of the invention includes the particular construction of the hiembers malt 111g up the booth unit. The front member is'tlie saine forfeach booth, hile the side m mbersaie all the which is also true of thebac'k me bers; The side and'front members halve door openingswvhich' caii'be made of less dimension byrernoving s ar 131 050 of the top' nlember extending across the doorbpehing, so that the n'ieiiibei's of the unitfit'close'rltogether. 'l rll"t11e-'features ot; the invention Will be carefully, and f ullydescribed, to' g' e'ther with the novel construction; 511mm the drawings forming part of'this specification;

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"' i he rw llthefbe 'lth ni A i f m de Y'TheYfrontfmeniber. 10 is provided with a pan l member: 3. f med" all bi Or other Suitablematerialivhieh is held in the f me." 0.1-; the tron imemlde "Wh h is "m de up of the two'up'rightniembe'rs 14 Laridf15 and a oyyer eross i err ber 16 together-With the upper cross member or top 1'2 Thecross lower end of the uprights 14: and 15 so as to provide a space B beneath the same when the front member is set up on the floor.

The top member 17 extends out from the frame which holds the front panel 13 to provide the upper cross member 18 for the doorway 19 of the unit. This member can be shortened so as to make a wide or narrow door as may be desired in setting up the unit booths A.

The side members 11 of my booth units are composed of the two panels 20 and 21 which are formed'of wall board or other suit able material and which are held in the frame which is made up of the upright members 22 and 23 positioned in either side of the panels. A cross member 24 extends between the members 22 and 23 and is spaced the same distance from the lower end of the members 22 and 23 as the cross member 16 of the member 10. The positioning of the member 24: in the same relative position as the member 16 from the floor is for the purpose of making a. uniform construction and to provide the same space B beneath the side members of the unit as is provided in the front. I

The top member 25 extends across the panels 20 and 21 and is provided with an outwardly extending portion 26 to form the top of the doorway 27 and which is connected on its outer end with the upright member 28. The upright member 28 forms the other side of the'door opening 27 and is adapted to be connected in a suitable manner to the member 15 of the front so that these members are rigidly connected together to form a booth unit A.

The member 15 is preferably half the thickness of the member 28 so that it can be attached by screws or nails to the member 28 and so as to keepa uniform width across the front. In this manner my booth units A are practically square when set up. Obviously the doorway 27 can be made narrower by shortening the member 26 and moving the member over closer to the member 22.

The back member 12 is formed of three panels 29, 30 and 31 which extend down practically to the floor and are held in the frame made up of the upper cross member 32 and the lower cross member 33, while the ends are provided with upright members 34 and 35. These members are narrower than the members 23 of the sides and adapted to fit between and attach to the same, as illustrated in Figure 3. The narrower construction of the members 34 and 35 is similar to the construction of the member 15 so as tomake up the proper dimensions of the booths A.

The panels 29, 3O and3l are separated by I the upright members 36 and 37 which extend between the members 32 and 33. .Across the back of the center panel member 30 are provided two reinforcing members 38 and 39 which are positioned in a manner so as to permit a mirror or other articles to be readily secured to the back member 12. It is evident that as many of these reinforcing members 38 and 39 as desired may be used to provide a back member adapted for the most effective use in the making up of my booth units A.

The booth units A are provided with the doorways 19 and 27 so that where a series of these units are used, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, they are intercommunicative by the users of the same through the door.- ways 27. Naturally these doorways can be closed by suitable curtains so as to make the booths practically private from each other and the uniform construction provides booth units for barber chairs or the like where hair bobbing and Marcelling can be readily carried on in each booth. This provides a very desirable arrangement for barber shops where the majority of the customers constitute men coming for a hair cut and shave and where a lady does not ordinarily care to go and have her hair bobbed or cared for. These private booths also provide a very practical means for the barber to take care of all of his customers, so that their work can be done practically private from the other barber chairs. The front doorway 19 can also be closed by suitable curtains or ordinary construction which are not illustrated in the drawings. In this manner the booths A form private compartments for each of the barbers and it has been found that with this arrangement the barber isv in a position to serve the customer better and the customer is very apt to use more service than where the chairs are in open communication with each other. 7

All of the sides of the booth units A are the samewhich is also true of the front members 10. This simplifies the construc tion of my booth units all the more, for the reason that the backs are all the same and thus by means of two sides 11, a front member 10, and a back member 12, a single unit, or by using a series of these members, any number of units can be set up together as illustrated in Figure 1.

In many instances the back member 12 is not desired. Nhen this is the case the members 10 and the side members 11 can be con nected together and equally well form individual booth units to make the private compartment for each barber. In this instance where the back member is not used the end members 23 are secured to the wall or set up against the same so as to properly position the units in relation to the side Wall of the room in which the booths are set up.

While I have illustrated a particular form of each ofthe members of my booth units I ill) desire to have it understood that this is only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set forth within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A collapsible booth unit including a front member, side members having the same general formation, a doorway formed in said front member, a lintel attached to said front member adapted to be shortened to change the width of said doorway, doorways formed in said side members and a solid back member whereby the members of said booth unit can be collapsed into a compact state or set up to form communicating doorways to each booth and private doorways into each booth.

2. A booth unit including front, side and back members collapsible into a compact state and adapted to be set up in a manner to form a series of units when the respective parts are connected together to provide a single private barber booth or a series of intercommunicating booths, all of the re spcctive front portions and the respective side members of the respective booths being of the same general formation.

3. An adjustable collapsible booth unit including front, side and back members adapted to be folded together into a flat, compact state, doorways formed in the front and side members, a lintel extending from said front member which is adapted to be shortened by removing a piece thereof to change the width of the front doorway and size of the booth unit, said side and front members having panel frames spaced at equal distances from the bottom to form a space beneath the same when the booth unit is set up.

4:. A collapsible booth unit including front and side members, pan-e1 frames formed in said members spaced from the bottom of said front and side members in a manner to form a passageway beneath the same, doorways formed in each of the side and front members, said doorways permitting intercommunication between similar booths set up adjacent each other and private doorways in the front of each booth, said booth units being adapted to be connected in a manner so as to position the location of the doorways in the front and side members adjacent each other.

5. A collapsible booth unit including a front member, side members comprising a panel section and a dorway, a lintel integral with said front member extending from said front member and adapted to be detachably attached to one of said side members thereby defining a doorway.

ALFRED J. KRANK. 

